童子
Chinese
boy; child; children | child; son; (noun suffix) child; son; (noun suffix); small thing; seed; egg; 1st earthly branch; 11 pm-1 am; midnight | ||
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simp. and trad. (童子) | 童 | 子 |
Pronunciation 1
Noun
童子
- (literary) child, especially a boy
- (obsolete) scholar who has not passed the county level imperial exam
Synonyms
Dialectal synonyms of 男孩子 (“boy”) [map]
Variety | Location | Words edit |
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Classical Chinese | 童子 | |
Formal (Written Standard Chinese) | 男孩, 男孩子, 男童 | |
Mandarin | Beijing | 男孩兒, 小子 |
Taiwan | 男孩子, 男孩 | |
Harbin | 男孩兒, 小子, 學生, 小小子 young, 小小兒 young | |
Yantai (Muping) | 小子 | |
Weifang (Weicheng) | 小廝 | |
Weifang (Fangzi) | 小廝 | |
Weifang (Hanting) | 小廝 | |
Changyi | 小廝 | |
Gaomi | 小廝 | |
Zhucheng | 小廝 | |
Anqiu | 小廝 | |
Changle | 小廝 | |
Linqu | 小廝 | |
Qingzhou | 小廝 | |
Shouguang | 小廝 | |
Wulian | 小廝 | |
Jinan | 小子, 小小兒 young, 末末丟子 young, 末子 young, 小末子 young | |
Luoyang | 男孩兒, 小子 | |
Wanrong | 小子 | |
Kaifeng | 男孩兒 | |
Xi'an | 娃子, 娃子娃 | |
Yinchuan | 嘎子, 滿灘跑 | |
Lanzhou | 娃子, 男娃娃 | |
Ürümqi | 兒娃子, 男娃娃 | |
Wuhan | 男伢, 兒子伢, 兒伢 | |
Chengdu | 男娃子, 男娃娃, 男娃兒, 兒娃子, 兒娃娃 | |
Guiyang | 男娃娃, 男娃兒 | |
Guilin | 男把爺 | |
Guanyang | 奶崽家 | |
Liuzhou | 男娃崽, 男崽 | |
Yangzhou | 男霞子, 小伙, 小老爹 | |
Xinghua | 小伙家 | |
Nanjing | 男娃兒, 男娃, 男孩兒 | |
Hefei | 小廝 | |
Yanping | 小子 | |
Singapore | 男孩子 | |
Dagudi (Maliba) | 小兒子, 漢子 | |
Reshuitang (Longling) | 兒子 | |
Mae Salong (Lancang) | 小兒子 | |
Mae Sai (Tengchong) | 兒子, 漢子 | |
Cantonese | Guangzhou | 男仔, 男仔頭, 細路仔 |
Hong Kong | 男仔, 細路仔 | |
Hong Kong (Kam Tin Weitou) | 男仔 | |
Macau | 男仔 | |
Guangzhou (Panyu) | 男仔 | |
Guangzhou (Huashan, Huadu) | 男仔 | |
Guangzhou (Conghua) | 男仔 | |
Guangzhou (Zengcheng) | 男仔 | |
Foshan | 男仔 | |
Foshan (Shatou, Nanhai) | 男仔 | |
Foshan (Shunde) | 男仔 | |
Foshan (Sanshui) | 男仔 | |
Foshan (Mingcheng, Gaoming) | 男仔 | |
Zhongshan (Shiqi) | 男仔 | |
Zhuhai (Qianshan) | 男仔 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen, Shangheng Tanka) | 男仔 | |
Zhuhai (Doumen) | 男仔 | |
Jiangmen (Baisha) | 男仔 | |
Jiangmen (Xinhui) | 男仔 | |
Taishan | 男仔 | |
Kaiping (Chikan) | 男仔 | |
Enping (Niujiang) | 男仔 | |
Heshan (Yayao) | 男仔 | |
Dongguan | 男仔 | |
Shenzhen (Shajing, Bao'an) | 男子仔 | |
Qingyuan | 男仔 | |
Fogang | 男仔 | |
Yingde (Hanguang) | 男仔 | |
Yangshan | 男仔 | |
Lianshan (Butian) | 男細仔 | |
Lianzhou (Qingshui Sihui) | 男仔 | |
Shaoguan | 男仔 | |
Shaoguan (Qujiang) | 男仔 | |
Renhua | 男仔 | |
Lechang | 男仔 | |
Yangjiang | 仔 | |
Nanning | 男仔 | |
Dongxing | 儂仔 | |
Kuala Lumpur (Guangfu) | 男仔 | |
Singapore (Guangfu) | 男仔 | |
Gan | Nanchang | 崽哩子, 崽哩, 男崽子 |
Pengze | 男妹 | |
Lichuan | 伢兒 | |
Pingxiang | 倈牯, 倈仔, 倈 | |
Hakka | Meixian | 細倈仔, 細哥仔, 細阿哥仔 |
Huizhou (Huicheng Bendihua) | 男仔 | |
Dongguan (Qingxi) | 僬仔 | |
Shenzhen (Shatoujiao) | 老哥仔 | |
Zhongshan (Nanlang Heshui) | 男仔 | |
Conghua (Lütian) | 男仔 | |
Yudu | 倈子 | |
Miaoli (N. Sixian) | 細倈仔 | |
Pingtung (Neipu; S. Sixian) | 細倈仔 | |
Hsinchu County (Zhudong; Hailu) | 細倈仔 | |
Taichung (Dongshi; Dabu) | 細倈 | |
Hsinchu County (Qionglin; Raoping) | 細倈仔 | |
Yunlin (Lunbei; Zhao'an) | 囝子 | |
Jin | Taiyuan | 男娃娃, 小子, 小後生 |
Xinzhou | 小小子 | |
Min Bei | Jian'ou | 丈夫囝仔 |
Min Dong | Fuzhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 |
Min Nan | Xiamen | 丈夫囡仔 |
Quanzhou | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Zhangzhou | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Taipei | 丈夫囡仔 | |
New Taipei (Sanxia) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Kaohsiung | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Yilan | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Changhua (Lukang) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Taichung | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Taichung (Wuqi) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Tainan | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Taitung | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Hsinchu | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Kinmen | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Penghu (Magong) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Singapore (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Manila (Hokkien) | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Chaozhou | 丈夫囝 | |
Shantou | 丈夫囝 | |
Jieyang | 丈夫囝 | |
Lufeng | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Haifeng | 丈夫囡仔 | |
Johor Bahru (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 | |
Singapore (Teochew) | 丈夫囝 | |
Leizhou | 丈夫囝, 男囝 | |
Wenchang | 公爹囝 | |
Haikou | 丈夫囝 | |
Zhongshan Min | Shaxi (Longdu) | 男囝 |
Southern Pinghua | Nanning (Tingzi) | 男崽 |
Waxiang | Guzhang (Gaofeng) | 子子 |
Wu | Shanghai | 男小囡, 男囡頭, 男小娃兒, 男小人 |
Shanghai (Chongming) | 男小囡, 男小官, 猴子 | |
Suzhou | 男小干, 小干兒 | |
Danyang | 兒子家, 老小, 老小家 | |
Hangzhou | 男伢兒 | |
Ningbo | 小娃兒, 小娃兒頭, 男小娃兒, 娃兒 | |
Wenzhou | 男兒, 兒 | |
Jinhua | 男小個 | |
Xiang | Changsha | 伢子, 伢崽子 |
Loudi | 伢唧, 伢粒, 伢人細唧 | |
Shuangfeng | 伢唧, 細伢唧 |
- (scholar): 童生 (tóngshēng)
Derived terms
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See also
- 孩子 (háizi)
- 小孩 (xiǎohái), 小孩兒/小孩儿 (xiǎoháir)
- 小孩子家 (xiǎoháizijiā)
- (Min Nan) 囡仔 (gín-á)
Pronunciation 2
Noun
童子
- (Min Nan) wizard; sorcerer
- (Taiwanese Hokkien) child medium
Japanese
Etymology 1
Kanji in this term | |
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童 | 子 |
どう Grade: 3 | し > じ Grade: 1 |
kan’yōon | on’yomi |
Alternative spelling |
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童児 |
Chinese 童子 (tóngzǐ)
Pronunciation
- On’yomi
- (Tokyo) どーじ [dóꜜòjì] (Atamadaka – [1])
- IPA(key): [do̞ːʑi]
Noun
童子 • (dōji)
- Synonym of 子供 (kodomo, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)
- Hyponyms: 童女 (dōjo), 童男 (dōnan)
- a boy retainer who follows his noble master around
- (Buddhism, mythology) a boy retainer who follows his buddha, bodhisattva or wisdom king around
- (Buddhism) a boy between 8 and 20 years of age who studies scriptures and runs errands in a temple without actually being a practicing monk
- a type of Noh mask with the face of a boy
See also
- 酒呑童子 (Shuten Dōji)
- 善財童子 (Zenzai Dōji)
Etymology 2
Kanji in this term | |
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童 | 子 |
わらし | |
Grade: 3 | Grade: 1 |
jukujikun |
Noun
童子 • (warashi)
- Alternative spelling of 童 (warashi, “child”) (person who has not yet reached adulthood)
See also
- 座敷童子 (zashiki warashi)